What woman does not dream of beautiful, brilliant and healthy hair?But, alas, frequent styling with heating, paints, other harmful effects make hair dry, thin, brittle.How to preserve the beauty of the hair and protect them from damage - in our review.
What does hair suffer from?
The structure of the hair is heterogeneous.In the skin, in the deep layers of the dermis, the hair follicles are located, the cells of which, actively sharing, form structures from a special protein - keratin, which occupies 78% in the structure of the hair.The hair rod contains three layers:
- Inner part.It consists of air cavities and not hardened cells.It is still not known exactly why this layer is needed, there are only hypotheses according to which nutrients act precisely along the inner layer of hair.
- Middle part, or bark (cortex).A dense layer occupying up to 90% of the thickness of the hair rod.This is a dense interweaving of keratin protein fibers, among which there are granules of melanin - a pigment that gives their hair their natural color.
- The outer shell, or cuticle.It consists of flat keratinized cells that cover hair like a tile.If the cells of the cuticle fit tightly to each other, the hair retains moisture and nutrients and looks elastic, smooth, shiny.If the structure of the cuticle is broken, the hair loses its shine, it becomes dry and brittle.
A good condition of the hair is supported by natural fat lubricant secreted by the scalp.It has antiseptic properties, covering the hair, fills the gaps in the cutters of the cuticle, maintaining the normal level of moisture and elasticity of the hair.What can disturb the hair structure?First of all, it is improper nutrition, illness and stress.In order for the body to “build” the hair correctly, you need proteins, vitamins that regulate metabolic processes, and minerals that play the role of catalysts in certain biochemical reactions.If these substances are not enough in food, the structure of the hair also changes.It is known that the first sign of a lack of iron in the body is dry brittle hair and nails.Therefore, if the condition of the hair suddenly worsened for no external reasons, check your health and analyze the nutrition.Hard diets and extreme weight loss will certainly “hit” the hair, and, most unpleasant, their influence will become noticeably no earlier than three months later, when the diet itself is behind.And to rectify the situation, it may take years.
Fortunately, most often hair problems are due to external factors that can be eliminated.The habit of walking in the winter without a hat, characteristic, alas, not only to adolescents, leads to a sharp narrowing of the vessels of the scalp area.The hair, without receiving proper nutrition, is thinner, become dry and brittle.Low temperature itself is poorly affected by them and water - the necessary part of the hair structure, freezing, increases in volume, destroying the structure of the hair.In the same way, overheating affects the hair: the problem is not only and not so much in damage to the structure of the protein as that the water contained in the hair boils.That is why professionals categorically do not recommend laying wet hair with an iron - first they need to be dried.Try not to overheat your hair when dried with a hairdryer: if the air flow is too hot for the skin, then it will not be useful to the hair.
Another frequent reason why the hair breaks is a beach vacation.Ultraviolet causes a special process in the tissues, which is called "peroxide oxidation."In the skin, this process is manifested by photoaging.The hair becomes dry and brittle.And if they usually remember about the skin, protecting themselves from the sun with special creams, then for hair there are almost no similar products in the mass market.Therefore, be sure to protect the hair from sunlight with hats.It will not benefit the hair and coloring.It doesn’t matter whether it is written on the packaging “without ammonia” or “without hydrogen peroxide”, the essence of the action of any paint is one: raise the cuticle scales, destroy your own melanin and introduce the dye pigment instead.The more often a similar procedure is performed, the faster the normal structure of the cuticle is violated, and it loses protective properties.The hair becomes “porous” - they cease to hold natural moisture and protein and as a result dry, we seize, break.
Restoring the hair structure at home
We will not be able to please fans of “naturalness”: no home mask is able to restore hair structure.Yes, with a rampant hair with yolk you can temporarily restore their water-lipid balance, and rinsing with vinegar, achieve that the scales of the cuticle will come closer, and the hair will look more shiny and smooth.But the protein and other beneficial substances that are in natural products are not able to penetrate the thickness of the hair to fill the “sieve” that arose at the site of the destroyed protein molecules.However, modern professional balms and masks in this regard are no better.In this way, you can support the health of already healthy hair, but not restore it.
Shampoo also does not restore the structure of the hair.The only thing that is required of any shampoo is to cleanse the hair without drying it and without breaking the natural-lipid balance of the scalp.All the others, the supposedly inherent effects, are only an advertising trick of manufacturers.Another group of means, which is often imposed on excessive hopes, is hair oil.They can be useful for hair prone to dryness, restoring their water-lipid balance, but not the structure itself.All that can oil is to create a dense film on the surface of the hair, which will retain moisture.That is why the instructions for most oils indicate that they must be applied to the hair washed and slightly dried with a towel.The oil film, having made a smooth structure of the cuticle and filling the damaged areas, can create the appearance of healthy hair (a similar effect is especially noticeable if silicones are added to the oil), but do not restore their structure.
Masks containing hydrolyzed keratin are more or less effective for hair restoration.“Hydrolyzed” means that the large molecule of the Keratin protein was disconnected into small chains (fragments), which are able to go through the cracks between the scales of the hair cutics and introduce into the damaged protein fibers of the cortex (shells).If silicones include silicones (or use oil or silicone hair balm after it), a thin elastic film will appear on the surface of the hair, which will help to keep these peptide “pieces” and moisture at the same time.
Vitamin preparation for hair beauty: recovery begins from the inside
The hair itself is almost unable to absorb and hold nutrients.Therefore, the main food to restore the structure of the hair should go from the inside.It is for this that there are vitamin-mineral complexes (NMCs), the composition of which is specially selected in order to provide the body's needs in substances that regulate growth and support the normal hair structure.
One of these complexes is available in the form of capsules.An important feature of the composition of this VMK is inosite (inositol), which is a substance similar to vitamins, sometimes called vitamin B8.Inositol protects from hair loss, participates in the synthesis of protein by the body, protects the hair from external influences, contributing to maintaining their structure.In addition, inositol supports normal fat metabolism in the scalp, protecting it from seborrhea.Another substance is a dwarf palm extract containing β-sytosterol, contributes to a comprehensive (together with vitamins and minerals) maintaining a normal hair condition and reducing the risk of their loss.
The action of a special tool is determined by the components that are part of the VMK, for example:
- Vitamin C supports the walls of blood vessels in a healthy state, which means normal hair nutrition;
- Vitamin B5 prevents hair loss and the appearance of early gray hair;
- Vitamin B6 is necessary to hold the optimal condition of the hair and scalp;
- Vitamin A protects tissues from the harmful effects of the active forms of oxygen and UV rays, is necessary to maintain the normal function of the hair and skin;
- zinc helps to restore the skin and hair growth;
- Copper supports the synthesis of melanin, which is responsible for the natural color of the hair.
You can use the complex to adults, with the exception of the period of pregnancy and lactation.The drug is also contraindicated in individual intolerance to any of the components and in the presence of cardiovascular diseases.The reception is recommended for one or two capsule per day for a month, after which the course can be repeated.